Momentum ─ How to Propel Your Marketing and Transform Your Brand in the Digital Age

Marketing in today’s digital age has become overwhelmingly complexbut it doesn’t have to be. Success lies in stepping above of the clutter and understanding the new principles of digital marketing.

To this complicated and fast-moving world, bestselling author, renowned marketer, and award-winning entrepreneur Shama Hyder brings her uniquely Zen approachseparating out the critical from the trivial and the foundational rules from the ephemeral gimmicks. Offering five essential principles that crack the code on marketing successfully in today’s ecosystem,Momentum: How to Propel Your Marketing and Transform Your Brand in the Digital Age will help you not only regain your sanity, but learn how to spot opportunities to grow your organization and brand in the midst of marketplace chaos.

In Momentum, Shama draws on her experience guiding clients ranging from small businesses to Fortune 100s to demystify the marketing landscape and provide you with the digital foresight you need to operate effectively in an increasingly digital world. Using key principles, she demonstrates how to transform your current approach into an effective, struggle-free, ROI-driven strategy.

Before you invest in another marketing strategy, take a step back. Don’t waste enormous amounts of time, energy, and money on the wrong strategies and approach for your customers, industry, and market. Whether you’re a young business or an established company, let Momentum teach you how to thrive.

Web and TV personality. Bestselling author. International speaker. Award-winning CEO of The Marketing Zen Groupa global online marketing and digital PR company.Shama Hyder is the face of today’s digital world, and represents the best her generation has to offer. She has aptly been dubbed the master millennial of the universe” and an online marketing shaman” by FastCompany.com, and is an oft-quoted social media expert. Hyder has been featured by Bloomberg Businessweek, Entrepreneur, Fast Company, Inc. Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Dallas Morning News, The Huffington Post, and hundreds of blogs and social media outlets. She’s also an accomplished international speaker and hosts her own Web TV show, Shama.TV. The show addresses new media marketing topics, trends, people, and relevant perspectives. She also serves as a technology and new media correspondent for the media.

Hyder formed The Marketing Zen Group in 2009. Since then, the company has grown to include a team of 30 and clients that range from publicly held, Fortune 500 companies to privately held small businesses and non-profit organizations. The company serves clients worldwide, including companies in Europe, Asia, and Central and South Americas. Since its start in 2009, average company growth is 400 percent. She holds a master’s degree in organizational communication from the University of Texas at Austin and prides herself in being a constant learner. In 2009, Bloomberg Businessweek honored Hyder as one of the Top 25 Under 25 entrepreneurs in North America. In 2010, Hyder won the prestigious Technology Titan Emerging Company CEO award. In 2011,Entrepreneur magazine featured her as one of four Super Sonic Youth, dubbing her a zen master of marketing.”

When not working directly with her clients or shooting her shows, Hyder travels the world speaking on business, entrepreneurship, and technology. She is passionate about empowering youth and works closely with the Young Entrepreneur Council in fostering youth entrepreneurship around the world. In 2011, she was the only woman delegate invited by the U.S. State Department to mentor tech entrepreneurs in Cairo as part of President Obama’s initiative in the region.